Valentín Larralde

Valentín Larralde
Personal information
Full name Larralde with O'Higgins in 2023.
Date of birth (2000-11-15) 15 November 2000
Place of birth El Pato, Argentina[1]
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Position Midfielder[2]
Youth career
Independiente
2009–2018 Gimnasia y Esgrima
2018–2020 Defensa y Justicia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2025 Defensa y Justicia 14 (0)
2021 → Arsenal Sarandí (loan) 12 (0)
2022 → San Martín Tucumán (loan) 33 (1)
2023 → O'Higgins (loan) 15 (0)
2024 → Gimnasia Jujuy (loan) 10 (0)
2024 → Aldosivi (loan) 15 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:28, 18 July 2025 (UTC)

Valentín Larralde (born 15 November 2000) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.[3]

Career

Larralde spent his embryonic years with a local team in El Pato, which preceded a two-year stint with Independiente and subsequently Gimnasia y Esgrima.[4][1] In 2018, Larralde joined Defensa y Justicia.[4] 2020 saw the central midfielder move into Hernán Crespo's first-team.[4][5] He was initially an unused substitute for Copa Libertadores group stage wins over Delfín and Olimpia, before making his senior debut in the away match with Delfín on 1 October 2020; coming on for the final ten minutes of a three-goal defeat.[3] Larralde signed his first professional contract a week later.[6][7][8]

In June 2021, Larralde was loaned out to Arsenal Sarandí for the rest of 2021.[9] After returning from the spell, he was loaned out again, this time to San Martín de Tucumán until the end of 2022.[10]

In 2023, he was loaned to Chilean side O'Higgins.[11]

Career statistics

As of 22 November 2020.[3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Defensa y Justicia 2020–21[nb 1] Primera División 1000001[a]00020
Career total 100000100020
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana

Notes

  1. ↑ Soccerway counts Copa de la Liga Profesional appearances as league appearances.

References

  1. 1 2 "Larralde, el joven que se convirtió de Lobo a Halcón". Inferiores Platenses. 10 July 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Valentín Larralde". World Football. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 "Argentina - V. Larralde". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 "Valentín Larralde: "para pelear cosas grandes hay que resolver estos desafíos"". Defensa y Justicia. 9 October 2020. Archived from the original on 12 June 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  5. ↑ "Defensa y Justicia informó los diez futbolistas que se sumarán a la lista de 40 por la Libertadores". Doble Amarilla. 9 September 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  6. ↑ "Defensa y Justicia, contrato profesional para Larralde". TODOmercadoWEB. 9 October 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  7. ↑ "Valentín Larralde, futbolista: "Siempre voy a estar agradecido a este club"". Radio Municipal Fv. 9 October 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  8. ↑ "Sigue en sintonía". Vavel. 10 October 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  9. ↑ Valentín Larralde, importante refuerzo para Arsenal, tycsports.com, 25 June 2021
  10. ↑ Larralde puso el gancho en San Martín de Tucumán, interiorfutbolero.com.ar, 31 December 2021
  11. ↑ "O'Higgins de Rancagua: 13 jugadores finalizaron contrato con el club" (in Spanish). 13 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.